The Brookhaven leader., 1887-12-08

forgive that man the wrong hC GId l2g
about that house and lot; | viii forgive
that man who ovGrreached me in a bar.
gain; / viii forgive that man who sold
me a shodly Overcoat; forgive them
all but one. That man | cannot forgive.
The villaiu-I can hardly keep my hands
| off Of him. If my going TO heaven dc.
pcnds on my foTgiving him, tucn | will
stay out. Wrong feeling! If man lie
to me Once ! am not called 10 trust lin
again. II man Letray me once | am
not called to put confidence in linn again.
/ But | would have no rest if | could not
! offer q sincere prayer for the temporal and
everlasting Welfare Of all men. whatever
n1canHcss and outrage they have inflicted
upcu me. If You want to get your heart
/ rig. ,rko match and burn up all your
4 old gru3Ges, and blow the ashes away.
( 'If YOU forgive net men their tresiassc5,
/ neither viii yCur heavenly Father forgive
( you your tres passes. an old Chri-ti2-.
] black woman was going along the s.reetl
/ of New 1ork with 4 E2Sl,Ct Of apples
/ that she had for sale. \ rough sailor ran
/ against ho- and upset the basket, ard
! stood back expecting TO hear her sccld
j frightfuliy; but she stopped down and
picked up The apples, and said: God
forgive you, my son, rs l Go. The sail
or saw the acanno-s Of what he had
done and felt in Lis pocket for his money,
and insisted that she should take it all.
Though she was biacl., he called her
mother. and said: Forgive me, mother;
will never do anything so mean again. "
; Ali there is a power in fo.2iying spirit
to overcome all hardness. There is no
hot .,F Ifa-
slowing upon them your pardon, whether
they Will accept it or not.
Again, a right heart is an expectant
heart. It is Il poor business to be build
ing castles in the air. Enjoy what you
have now. Don't spoil your comfort in
the small house because you expect
larger one. Don't fret about your in
come when it is $3 or 81 per day, because
YOU expect to have after a while $40 per
day; or $4,000, because Won expect 1t to
be $50, coo year. But about heavenly
things, tie more we think the better.
Those castles are not III the air, but on
the hills. and we have Il decd Of them in
our possession. l Ike 10 see a man ali
full Of heaven. lie talks heaven. He
sings heaven. He prays heaven. lie
dreams heaven. Some Of US in our sleep
have had the good place open to US We
saw the pinnacles in the sky. We heard
the click Of the hnofs Of the white horses
on which viCtors rode. and the Clapping
OF the cymbal5 Of eternal triumph. And
while in our sleep We were glad that all
on" sorrows were over. and burdens done
with, the throne OF Cod grew whiter,
winter and whitar. I'll we opened oul
eyes ard saw that If was only the sun Of
the earthly morning shining on our
pillow. 20 have I:Elt heart You need
to hr filed with tbs expectancy. 1t
would make your pc.yations and annoy
ances more bearahIe.
III the midst Of the city Of Paris stands,
OF dill stand. . statue {. the good. but
broken hearted jose hlne. | never mag
ined ;hat marble could he smittcn into
such tcldn:-icss. Il seems not lifeless.
II the sp.i.; Of Joeerhine lie discltaber-
raclcd, the soul Of ire empress hes taGen
possession of this figure. ain not yet
satisfied that it is slonc. The pun Of the
dress on the arm seems to need but the
pressure Of the finger to inGtnt il. The
figure ct the lot;ouA Of the robe, the ruf-
( tlc ut the neck, the it.r lin.n.c Oh tic dress.
the embroidery Of tho satin, the cluster
Of lily and l.,af and Yo5o in hcr hand, the
pOiSc Of her body rs she seems 10 come
sailing out Of The sky, Ler face calm.
humble. beautiful, hat yet sad-attest
the genius Of the sculptor and the beauty
of the heroine he celebrates. Looking up
through the riffs of the coronot that en-
circles her brow, l could see the sky be-
yond, the great heavens where all wO-
mans wrongs shall he righted, and the
story OF endurance and res ignation shall
he told to all the ages. The Iose aud the
lily in the hand OF Josephine Will never
drop their petals. The children CT God,
whether they suffer on earth, in palaces,
Or in hove.5, shall come to that glorious
rest, Oh heaven, sweet heaven. al thy
gate we set down all our burdens and
griefs. Tho place viii be full Here
there are vacant chairs at the hearth, and
1T Tie table, but there are no vacant
chairs in heaven. The crowns all worm;
7 the thrones al mounted.
Some t2!!l Of heaven as though it were
Il very iAndsomc church, where a few
favored spirits would come in and sit
down on finely cushioned seats ali by
themselves, and sing psalms 70 all eternity.
No. no. II saw a great multitude that
no man could number. standing before
the thlUnc. lie that talked with me had
golden reed to measure the city, and it
WAS l. eco furlongs shat is, 1900
miles in circumference. All! heaven is
not a little colony, at one corner of God 5
dominion, where a mans entrance de-
pends upon what kind OF clothes he has
on his back, and how much money he has
in his purse; bat vast empire. God grant
that the light of that blessed world may
shine upon us in o,r last moment.
Tho roughest time we had in crossing
the ocean was 1T the mouth of Liverpool
harhor. We arrived at ni9htfall, and
We're obliged to lie there till the morning,
waiting Tor The rise of the tide, before we
could so up to The city. How the vessel
pitched and writhcd in the water. So
sometimes the last illness of the Christian
is struggle. lie is almost through the
voyage. Tho waves Of temptation toss
his soul. but he waits for the morning.
At last the light dawns, and the tides Of
JOY Iise in his soul, and he sails UP and
casts anchor within the veil.
Is thy heart right? What question can
compare with this in Importance?
1t is a business question. Do you not
realize that you will soon have to so cut
of that store. that you will soon have to
resign that partnership, that soon among
all the millions of dollars worth of goods
that are sold in New York you viii not
hnx-o fI,,, Of yar,l Of rlCth ar